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My wife spent years in an Evangelical church. When I showed her your interview on AM Joy, she knew everything you were talking about and she was shocked to learn who your father was. I’ve always enjoyed your commentaries, but she understood on a whole different level,

Personally… I’d rather my tax dollars subsidize Courtney’s health-care and in particular, her education (which she is in sore need of), than have them go to pay for more weapons and foreign military complexes where the US can continue to wage war…

While Moore waves his Bible and Jones his Washington Post, Alabama’s infant mortality rate has risen to 9.1% per 1,000 births, making it nearly double the national average. The black infant mortality rate is 15.1. Among issues the Alabama Department of Public Health press release named in explanation:

The reason anything is expensive, whether houses, cars, bread, whatever) is because of government regulation and/or taxes, and because demand exceeds supply. Would Sam help make housing more affordable in his district by having the government cap rents, or sales prices? Would he ease regulations so more houses can be built? Would he want the government to subsidize rents or mortgage payments? Since he is a Democrat, I expect his solution would be either a mandate from the government, like a rent cap, or spending tax money to subsidize renters and homeowners. But those solutions are not helpful in the long term to society. If housing is too expensive where you live, consider moving to where it is cheaper.

1) The reason many things such as gas , food etc are not more expensive that they are … is because the cost of those items are being heavily subsidized by the US tax payer . Take those subsidies away and can you say …. $35 for a gallon of gas ?

2) The reason many other things are so damn expensive is because the American consumer is stupid enough to pay the prices . As in .. that $50k ‘mericun full sized pick up your father was stupid enough to buy despite the fact it cost the manufacture less to build it .. than its cheapest econobox …

…. or that $300 pretense of fashion your mommy is lusting after at the mall … that cost the manufacture less than $3 to manufacture .. overseas .. using child labor

To quote Ryan: “If you’re behind on your mid-century philosophy, Rand invented Objectivism, a philosophy which holds that laissez-faire capitalism is the ideal economic system and that all people should pursue their own rational self-interest, not the good of others.”

Then in a 2009 video series, Ryan added: “I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.”

The disturbing aspect of this article is the willingness of the majority of Americans want a Nuclear war with Iran and have no cares in the world about millions dying in such an attack further, if its pre-emptive all the better….

Bulls**t Brys**t … what you claim to represent is the enemy of Biblical Christianity as America’s so called evangelical/fundamentalist community devolves into a polytheistic cult who’s main god is money .. with the God of the Bible having become a bit player in their pantheon of gods

America is not a Christian nation and never was one. Our founders were either atheists or at best Deists as they totally distrusted the Church and the war’s connected with it along with the foreign intrigues of the various monarchs.

America was a clean break from all of that or so they intended it to be that way.

The Evangelicals wish to alter this fact by fiat and I say no to that.

I say no to your Bible as a base for all laws…

Americans will wake up.

And when they do I shudder for the Republican party as it never used to be like it is today and I believe many good Republicans will step up to change this about their party and when they do we must support them as I certainly shall.

” If you reject the Bible as the moral basis for laws, what will you use instead? ”

Hey s**t for brains . How many times do we need to go down the road of General Revelation / Common Grace and the common morality within God’s creation before it finally sinks into that pre-pubescent little troll/child effed up deranged little mind of yours ?

Ehhh ?

But as a reminder my little polytheistic pagan child pretending to be a Christian .

US law and the US Constitution are based firmly on … Roman and Greek law .. not the Bible .. because twaddle head .. 90% of the founding fathers were not Christians .. in the slightest ..

Well .. no doubt the deranged state of Alabama that has brought us such wonderful characters like George Wallace ( and now Jeff Sessions ) not to mention the KKK .. the foundations of the white supremacy movement .. the post Civil War lynching of thousands of African Americans ..

martin, What has Roy Moore done that you so disapprove of? You believe the women who have accused him, despite the fact that there would have been no accusations if Moore was not running for the Senate. What do you fault him for? Opposing ssm, when you “claim” you oppose it too?

Gary- do you who Alexis de Tocqueville is? He was a French diplomat, a political scientist, and historian who traveled throughout the USA in the 1830’s and, subsequently wrote a book on his observations, called Democracy In Action.( 1835-1840).
Here’s on of his observations:”Religious insanity is very common in the United States ”
What has changed?? If I think of the new breed of Fundamentalist Christians, I would say that nothing has changed at all.
As far as Ryan et al are concerned, their type was known and reviled as far back as 380BC.
‘Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.’ – Plato, The Republic, ~380BC .
BTW- are you the Gary Bryson who uses the twitter handle @Gary1952gsb?? You are 57 yrs old, and live( lived) in NC?

Dolores,
There is a lot of “religious insanity”, all over the world. Always has been. Real Christians think those who follow another religion are insane. Buddhists think everyone who isn’t a Buddhist is insane. Muslims think everyone who isn’t a Muslim is insane. Etc, etc.

” re you the Gary Bryson who uses the twitter handle @Gary1952gsb?? You are 57 yrs old, and live( lived) in NC? ”

Jeeze Dolores .. if IT is .. then IT is suffering from a severe case of early onset dementia .. cause nothing else is capable of explaining IT’s 10-15 year old rhetoric and behavior ( including the use of sock puppets ) … either that … or severe substance abuse … which errr .. in light of the geographical location .. wouldn’t be entirely out of the question .. I guess … eeesh !

martin, When you say that electing jones was “the right thing”, do you mean the right thing morally? If you do, then could you prove that? jones supports homosexuality and killing unborn babies. You can’t prove those things are moral.

Where did I claim any of those were moral ? Ehh troll …boy .. emphasis on .. BOY . Fact is dumb**s .. never !

Once again you’re reading into what someone is saying/writing … rather than READING listening to what they’re actually saying /writing .

But lets look at the Bible for a moment

Show me one solitary passage in the Bible that addresses abortion despite abortion having been around for over 10,000 years . How many times did Christ address the subject of homosexuality despite the fact that it was prevalent all around Him . Fact is in total how many times does the Bible address homosexuality etc etc etc

But you know what I can prove is immoral ? Pedophilia .. Adultery … Bigotry … Racism .. participating in and endorsing the hanging of innocent African Americans .. blatant greed and the abuse of power etc etc – et al – ad nauseam .. emphasis on … nauseam

Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 That is why abortion is immoral. Its also why lynching anyone who is innocent of what they are being lynched for is immoral.

Every time Christ addressed marriage, or adultery, or fornication, he was also addressing homosexuality. There is no moral sex other than between a man and his wife, according to the Bible. That is why homosexuality can never be moral.

Ah yes! Poor old Gory is VERY butthurt today over Doug Jone’s victory, and instead of acknowledging that the “Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13” not only includes the unborn but also extends to torturing and lynching innocent African Americans he has since posted on Frank’s SHELDON ADELSON WILL JOIN “JEWS FOR JESUS” (OR BURN IN HELL) ACCORDING TO EVANGELICAL “ZIONISTS” WHO BLINDLY SUPPORT ISRAEL thread the following:

“Most white Alabama voters voted for Roy Moore, and almost all darkie Alabama voters voted for Doug Jones. Without the negro vote, Jones would not have won. Once again, negores have proven to be a liability rather than an asset.”

And as if THAT wasn’t sufficiently egregiously racist, and after exhaustively posting ad nauseam about the evils of abortion, he then followed with: “To all the women who voted for Jones: abortion will improve your life dramatically.”

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen… THE voice of Alt-White-Christfascist-Bible-Thumping Evangelicals!

Margarita, You made a couple of mistakes in that. I am not “Alt” as the term is used today, and there is no such thing as “Christfascist” And, I’m not an Evangelical. I’m just a white Bible thumper who speaks for myself alone.

” Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 That is why abortion is immoral. Its also why lynching anyone who is innocent of what they are being lynched for is immoral.

Every time Christ addressed marriage, or adultery, or fornication, he was also addressing homosexuality. There is no moral sex other than between a man and his wife, according to the Bible. That is why homosexuality can never be moral”

Sorry Brys**t .. but thou must not add words nor meaning neither intended nor implied ( by the original language or any translations ) to the Words of Scripture… with the condemnation of death being the penalty for doing so .. or have you not read Revelations ?

Hey ahhh … Ms Abadie .. would you mind joining the party on the latest page ? Suffice it to say things are getting a bit lonely and one sided over there what with the full compliment of Brys**t’s sock puppets and now the liberation theologian gdd sewing seeds of discontent and division .

And ahh .. if you think Brys**t’s comment here are racist .. you should see what the little ___ is dumping on the next page

” Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 That is why abortion is immoral. Its also why lynching anyone who is innocent of what they are being lynched for is immoral.

Every time Christ addressed marriage, or adultery, or fornication, he was also addressing homosexuality. There is no moral sex other than between a man and his wife, according to the Bible. That is why homosexuality can never be moral”

Sorry Brys**t .. but thou must not add words nor meaning neither intended nor implied ( by the original language or any translations ) to the Words of Scripture… with the condemnation of death being the penalty for doing so .. or have you not read Revelations ?